Got some more stuff complete. All new electrical harness is all hooked up including the pump at the back minus the few splice connections. All the required to run air and vacuum stuff has been routed and connected. Still need to rig up the cruise and 4WD, but just plugged the extra port for now. Belts are all…

Got some time into the car the last few weekends. Almost down to just electrical splicing of old and new harnesses. Then I can attempt to turn it over!

This isn’t my Rampage, this one’s in better shape but mine is the same colour. I’m getting it repainted SOON. Like maybe within a week or two. Show me all the paint jobs you think would look good. Crazy colours, stripes, decals, shiny, flat, two-tone, ANYTHING! I need ideas! It’s an ‘84, so 80’s style is good but not…

(Edit, feel like Kinja ate this post, just checking)

So, I think today’s adventure will be to install the new kickdown linkage and get the bellhousing/starter motor cover plate back on. Think I might just buy a new starter motor, and send the old unit back for a refurb reimbursement. Maybe I’ll get a measurement of what I need for the speedometer cable for the new…

That is all.

Enhance!

I sorta leaked it in another post but figured I should make it official. I’ve just been lazy. I bought me a 1984 (one year younger than me) Dodge Rampage 2.2!!!! Not the ideal exterior colour but I think that’ll change next year. Not too many pics yet but here’s a few. Sorry for the quality. The tree’d pics are all…

So the last Rampage link I was looking into kinda fell through. Good price but it needs a significant amount of work and then another inspection. So the overall price for it get registered would be easily over $4500. And that’s if the seller is being totally honest... and I kinda have my doubts... I’ve kinda dragged…

So it’s been a while! I failed to get the car anywhere near complete before winter froze me out of my unheated and poorly lit garage. This spring the wife and I went to Iceland, we came home and I got laid off from my welding job, hooked up power to the garage, set up a bunch of benches and toolboxes, got hired as a…

I was going through some photos looking for something specific and bumped into these gems! Amazing!!!

So made multiple posts today that involved the Suzuki Jimny my wife and I rented while in Iceland. It’s got me thinking. Anybody here know where a guy would import a Jimny into Canada? Just asking. The little guy was awesome and would be great to scoot around the city.

In my never ending pursuit of getting this car to work pre-winter freeze I tackled some exhaust welding tonight. I have to modify a set of Cherokee headers to work with my Edelbrock head. The exit flange runs right beside the engine block in Jeeps. I happen to have a differential bracket there. So I need to chop it,…

I have finished (besides a couple hose clamps) plumbing the Eagle’s gas lines with my fuel injection kit’s new filter, electric pump, and regulator with built in return. I had to use about 20' of FI rated fuel-line. Some 5/16, some 3/8. The original supply line runs up the passenger side and then would cross over the…

I’m getting ready to modify a set of Jeep headers to fit my AMC Eagle. I’m already a welder so one hurdle down. Have a TIG welder showing up Monday, so that’s another problem solved. Have 309 rods and Argon gas. But I don’t really know anything about exhaust systems.

So I managed to get some time into the car over the last couple of weekends and went from this:

It’s back in! I have to torque the engine mounts, and remove/locktite/replace/torque each bell housing bolt. But it’s in, and the hoist is free. So tomorrow some easier bolt work, and then attach the differential brackets back up to the block and that stage is complete. Then exhaust and intake manifolds and all the…